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Bike Sense: the podcast of The BC Cycling Coalition.
Join Host Peter Ladner as he interviews guests to talk about all things related to cycling advocacy, education, and road safety in BC. Listen to stories that can influence changes that make active transportation and mobility safer, more equitable, and more accessible, so we can meet our climate, health, social justice, tourism and economic development goals.
Please visit our website at bccycling.ca to find out more about what the BC Cycling Coalition is doing and how you can join and support us.
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BC has iconic riding, famous rail trails, and a growing bikepacking scene, so why does planning a multi-day cycling trip still feel like piecing together a puzzle? We sit down with Heather Piwowar, volunteer founding director of the brand-new BC Cycle Tourism Society, to talk about the coordination BC has been missing and the practical tools that can turn curiosity into a booked trip and a confident ride. Heather explains why GPX navigation is quickly becoming the baseline for visitors, how ...
Melissa Bruntlett is a Canadian-born cycling advocate, author, and communications consultant based in Delft, the Netherlands, and co-author of Building the Cycling City, Curbing Traffic, and her latest book, Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation. In this episode, Melissa joins Peter Ladner to talk about what it takes to build livable, human-scaled cities — and why the leaders driving that change are so often women. She reflects on her recent return to Vancouver after s...
BC keeps getting compared to the Netherlands, usually with a shrug: we've got hills, we've got rain, we are not Amsterdam. But scratch the surface and the similarities outweigh the differences — and the lessons are more transferable than you'd think. This week, Roy Symons joins us on the podcast. He's an engineer and sustainable transportation specialist with ISL Engineering and Land Services, and has spent years studying Dutch cycling infrastructure and translating what actually works into B...
Peter is joined by Gordon Hobbis, who now, in 'retirement', runs his own bicycle museum in Maple Ridge. Gordon is the son of Cap Hobbis, founder of Caps Bicycles of BC — once the largest chain of bike dealerships in Canada. Gordon takes us on a wild ride linking early two-wheel transport to climate disruption following the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, and then brings us into the modern era: how bike retail changes with online shopping, massive model variety, and the explosion of e-b...
Bike lanes can feel like a simple street design choice, so why do they set people off like a cultural lightning rod? We sit down with City of North Vancouver Councillor Tony Valente, who’s been on the front lines of active transportation advocacy and the backlash that comes with it, to unpack what’s really driving “bikelash” across BC and beyond. We get into the political reality that traffic data and safety studies don’t always win the day, especially when distrust in institutions is rising...
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